Express Expansion

When Xing Zuzhong, a medical worker in Hunan Province, central China, went to neighboring Hubei to help control the novel coronavirus epidemic in early 2020, he had no idea that he would become a statistical milestone. On December 22, 2020, after the situation was well under control, Xing received an unexpected gift from his coworkers in Hubei. The package also happened to be the 80 billionth package delivered by the country’s courier sector in 2020, according to data from the State Post Bureau (SPB).

While medical workers were busy combating the virus, delivery workers were also contributing to the battle, taking medical and daily supplies to the